Dishonest vs Shady - What's the difference?
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Not honest.
Interfering with honesty.
(obsolete) Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
* Alexander Pope
* Sir T. North
(obsolete) Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
* Dryden
Abounding in shades.
Causing shade.
* Bible, Job xl. 22
Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat.
* Francis Bacon
(informal) Not trustworthy; disreputable.
* 2009 :
(UK, slang) Mean, cruel.
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As adjectives the difference between dishonest and shady
is that dishonest is not honest while shady is abounding in shades.dishonest
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Adjective
(en adjective)- inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars
- Speak no foul or dishonest words before them [the women].
- Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, / Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears.
Antonyms
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* English words with consonant pseudo-digraphsshady
English
Adjective
(er)- The shady trees cover him with their shadow.
- Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter.
- He is a shady character.
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- Jon & Kate Plus 8'' is a show based on two facts: 1)''' Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and '''2)''' the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a ' shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.
- ''Don't be shady , give us a go.
